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Mass suicide of 1,500 farmers in India

Thursday, April 16, 2009 14:54 By GSerrano

They were mired in heavy debt that could not be paid to money lenders because their crops failed to yield enough. The agricultural state of Chattisgarh, a widely agricultural region in India, has been devastated by poor water resources that farming badly needs, with water levels dipping below 250 feet from 40 feet during the [...]

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